Condoleezza Rice is indeed in a class above the typical politicians which, sure, the people can elect but then we need to ask who is the elected politician going to appoint to actually run the state, the various departments or the country because said typical elected politician is clueless and offers nothing beyond a list of one-liner statements on the issues?

If we elected Condi president we know who would run the country – she would because that is what she does – run things, not just have one-liner opinions on things. That is a huge difference.

Case in point.
Here is the a link to Condoleezza Rice’s entry in the on the issues website

http://www.ontheissues.org/Condoleezza_Rice.htm

For “Condoleezza Rice on corporations” it says
“No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.”

Whereas one look at Condoleezza Rice’s CV and you cannot but be impressed by the number of corporate bodies which she is a director of.

Your typical politicians might offer a one-liner opinion on the issue of corporations – Condi runs corporations. That is the difference.

Here is Cond’s impressive CV – minus the list of her numerous publications.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE
PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
AND THE THOMAS AND BARBARA STEPHENSON
SENIOR FELLOW ON PUBLIC POLICY, HOOVER INSTITUTION
STANFORD, CA 94305-6010
PHONE: (650) 723-6867 ? FAX: (650) 721-3390

CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: November 14, 1954
Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama
Language: Russian; research ability in Czech and French

EDUCATION
Ph.D Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, 1981
M.A. University of Notre Dame, 1975
B.A. University of Denver, 1974 – cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa

TEACHING INTERESTS
International Politics
Politics of Europe, Central Europe and the former Soviet Union
International Security Policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
? Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, May 1993 – Present
? Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy, Hoover Institution,
July 1999 – Present
? Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford
University, March 2009 – Present
? Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, January 2005 – January 2009
? Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House, January 2001 -
January 2005
? Provost, Stanford University, September 1993 – June 1999
? Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Soviet
Affairs, National Security Council, March 1990 – March 1991
? Director, Soviet and East European Affairs, National Security Council,
February 1989 – March 1990
? Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, September 1987 – April 1993
? Council on Foreign Relations, International Affairs Fellow
(Special Assistant to the Director – Joint Chiefs of Staff), 1986 – 1987
? Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford University, 1981 – 1987
? Assistant Director, Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University,
1981 – 1986
? Intern, The Rand Corporation, 1980
? Intern, United States Department of State, Summer 1977

FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS
? Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
? Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary degree), Air University, 2008
? Doctor of Laws (honorary degree), Boston College, 2006
? Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary degree), Michigan State University, 2004
? Doctor of Public Service (honorary degree), University of Louisville, 2004
? Doctor of Laws (honorary degree), Mississippi College School of Law, 2003
? Doctor of National Security Affairs (honorary degree), National Defense University, 2002
? Humanities and Sciences Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1993
? Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching (Stanford), 1984
? John P. McGovern Medal of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1996
? Honorary Doctorate, University of Notre Dame, 1995
? Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary degree), University of Alabama, 1994
? Doctor of Laws (honorary degree), Morehouse College, 1991
? Hoover Institution for War and Peace Fellow (by Courtesy), 1991 – 1993
? Institute for International Studies Senior Fellow, Stanford University, 1991 – 1994
? International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, 1986 – 1987
? National Fellow, Hoover Institution on War and Peace, 1985 – 1986
? Delegate to the Bellagio “New Faces” Conference (Arms Control Association and
International Institute for Strategic Studies), 1984
? Arms Control Fellow, Stanford University, 1980 – 1981
? Ford Foundation Fellow, 1980 – 1981
? National Fund Fellowship for Outstanding Minority Graduate Students, 1977 – 1980
? Denver Social Science Foundation Fellow, 1976 – 1977
? University of Notre Dame First Year Graduate Fellow, 1974 – 1975
? Phi Beta Kappa, 1974
? University of Denver Honors Scholarship, 1971 – 1974

STATE HONORS
? Order of Stara Planina, First Class, Republic of Bulgaria, 2008
? Order of the Star of Africa, Grade of Grand Band, Republic of Liberia, 2008
? Commander?s Cross, Star of the Order of Merit, Republic of Hungary, 2008

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES
CURRENT:
? Director, Board of Directors, C3, LLC, 2009 – Present
? Director, Board of Directors, Makena Capital, 2009 – Present
? Governor, Board of Governors, The Commonwealth Club, 2009 – Present
? Trustee, Board of Trustees, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2009 – Present
? Governor, Board of Governors, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2009 – Present
? Member, Advisory Council, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, 2009 – Present
? Chair, EdLabs Stakeholders? Committee, Education Innovation Laboratory, Harvard
University, 2009 – Present

CORPORATE:
? Director, Board of Directors, Schwab Corporation, July 1999 – 2000
? Member, International Advisory Council, J.P. Morgan, 1995 – 2000
? Director, Board of Directors, Chevron Corporation, 1991 – 2000
? Director, Board of Directors, Transamerica Corporation, 1991 – July 1999
? Director, Board of Directors, Hewlett-Packard, 1991 – 1993

SERVICE:
? Chair, Board of Directors, Millennium Challenge Corporation, 2005 – 2009
? Director, Board of Directors, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 1997 – 2000
? Trustee, Board of Trustees, Notre Dame University, 1997 – 2000
? Vice President, Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula, 1996 – 2000
? Founding Board Member, Center for a New Generation, 1992 – 2000
? Member, Federal Advisory Committee on Gender Integrated Training in the Military, 1997
? Trustee, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1994 ? 1997
? Director, Board of Directors, The Rand Corporation, 1992 – 1997
? Trustee, Board of Trustees, San Francisco Symphony, 1993 – 1996
? Trustee, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1991 – 1993
? Consultant, National Security Council, 1991 – 1993
? Member, Governor’s Advisory Panel on Redistricting California, 1991
? Director, Board of Directors, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1989
? Director, KQED Public Broadcasting Board of Directors, 1989
? Member, Advisory Board, Community School for Music and the Arts, 1988 – 1989
? Consultant, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1986 – 1988
? Director, Mid-Peninsula Urban Coalition Board of Directors, 1984 – 1984; 1987 – 1988

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
? Foreign Policy Advisor to Texas Governor George W. Bush and Bush for President Campaign,
1999 – 2000
? Address to the Republican National Convention, August 2000
? Address to the Republican National Convention, August 1992
? Consultant on Soviet Affairs, ABC News, 1991
? Speaker, SPASO House (U.S. Ambassador’s Residence) Lecture Series, Moscow, April 1988
? Visiting Lecturer, Parks/Chavez Lecture Series, University of Michigan, November 1988
? Commonwealth Club Addresses, May 1988 and December 1991
? Lifetime member, Council on Foreign Relations,
? Member, Aspen Strategy Group, 1991 – 1995
? Member, American Political Science Association
? Member, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
? Member, Lincoln Club of Northern California
? Member, Board of Directors, World Politics, 1987 – 1989
? Member, Social Science Research Board of Directors, Committee on Problems and Policy,
1986 – 1988
? Member, MacArthur Fellowship in International Security Selection Committee, 1983 – 1985

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
? Provost’s Committee on the Status of Women in the University, 1992 – 1994
? University Policy and Planning Board, 1992 – 1993
? Search Committee for the President of the University, 1991
? Search Committee for the Dean of Admissions, 1991
? Search Committee for the Stanford Football Coach, 1988, 1991
? Department of Political Science:
Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, 1991, 1992;
Director of Graduate Studies, 1988 – 1989;
Policy and Planning Committee, 1983 – 1984, 1987 – 1988
? National Centennial Campaign Faculty, 1988-1989
? Executive Committee, Institute for International Studies, 1988 – 1989, 1991 – 1993
? Faculty Senate 1988 – 1989
? Public Service Center Steering Committee, 1987 and 1991-1999 (Chair)
? Freshman Advisor, 1982 – 1985
? Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, 1982 – 1985;
1988 – 1989 (Chair)
? Presidential Committee for the Selection of the Vice President and Provost, 1983 – 1984

In particular, there is no-one in the world who can top this experience.

? Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, January 2005 – January 2009
? Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House, January 2001 – January 2005
? Provost, Stanford University, September 1993 – June 1999
? Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Soviet Affairs, National Security Council, March 1990 – March 1991
? Director, Soviet and East European Affairs, National Security Council,
February 1989 – March 1990

Not just holding the posts but what she achieved with them. Maybe you don’t remember 1989-91. She worked for President G.H.W. Bush and with Gorbachev, ending the cold war, bringing down the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain, re-uniting Germany, freeing Europe etc while Senior Director for Soviet Affairs for the NSA. Experience doesn’t get any better than that.

Condi has never run for elected office and doesn’t have fire in her belly to run. It isn’t what she most desires in life – to be elected.

So my guess is unless a lot more people want her to run and ask her to run and unless she has a change of mind about whether she wants elected office, she probably won’t run.

All I can do is keep the flame of hope alive that one day she might run because I think she would be the best president American and the world could have.

This was Condi’s reply when Katie Couric asked her if she would run on McCain’s ticket in 2008 if asked.

“probably not for her”

“Condoleezza Rice on Running for President ”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsdxHNOV9t8

My humble opinion is however that the real problem why Condi did not sound keen to be McCain’s VP is McCain didn’t ask Condi, he didn’t court her to see if she was really interested. We know McCain asked Palin – and that is what cost him the presidency.

See this post on Rice for President

“Book explains “How McCain Could Have Actually Won the 2008 Election.”
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rice-for-president/message/2061